“My goal is to move forward with the mayor’s proposed budget and operate our department in a fiscally conservative and efficient manner,” Kanger said.

Kanger wouldn't specify how the fire department will maintain the 2014 budget, but he suggested changes, including moving office staff to the street and reducing call back.

“To reduce our call back, which seems to be one of our biggest costs right now is the overtime costs, and if I could get some individuals that are currently doing office jobs and put them back on the street, that would result in immediate impact, positive impact on our budget,” he said.

Fire union President Steve LeClair said the majority of call back is out of their hands and very little of it is actually planned. He said it would be hard to definitively say that's the answer to saving money.

LeClair said he has worked with Kanger throughout his entire career with the fire department and is looking forward to working with him as chief.

“I think that we'll have some common ground, but as any relationship when you have different agendas, I think you're going to have some disagreements,” LeClair said.